TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Fact or Fiction?

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, matching, In this present simple activity, students match verbs and nouns
writing, listening and together to make collocations and then make true and false
speaking activity, pair present simple affirmative and negative statements using the
work collocations. The students then play a present simple true or false
guessing game with the sentences.

Focus Procedure
Present simple
Give each student a copy of the worksheet.
affirmative and negative
statements
The students begin by matching verbs with nouns or noun phrases.
Verb-noun collocations
Exercise A - Answer key

Aim 1. h 2. l 3. i 4. f 5. b 6. k
7. d 8. a 9. j 10. e 11. g 12. c
To match verbs and
nouns together to Next, the students make present simple affirmative and negative
make collocations and statements about themselves using the verb-noun collocations
then make true and from the first exercise.
false present simple
affirmative and negative Half the sentences should be true and half should be false.
statements using the
collocations. As an example, make some true and false present simple
statements using the verb-noun collocations and ask the students
if they think the sentences are true or false.
Preparation
Make one copy of the The students then write their 12 true and false present simple
worksheet for each affirmative and negative statements on the worksheet.
student.
When the students have finished writing, divide them into pairs.

Level If possible, put the students together with people they don’t know
very well.
Elementary (A1-A2)
Students then take it in turns to read one of their present simple
statements and their partner decides if it's true or false.
Time
35 minutes Students score one point for each correct guess.

The student with the most points at the end of the game is the
winner.

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 PRESENT SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Fact or Fiction?

A. Match the verbs with the nouns or noun phrases.

Verbs Nouns / Noun Phrases

1. read ....... a. Japanese food / Vietnamese food / junk food / pizza

2. work ....... b. a cat / a dog / two children / a big family

3. go ....... c. the radio / hip hop music / classical music / pop music

4. play ....... d. karate / the housework / my homework at night / yoga

5. have ....... e. Mandarin / English / Spanish / Thai

6. watch ....... f. the guitar / football / cards / tennis / the drums

7. do ....... g. in a big house / in a small apartment / in the city centre

8. eat ....... h. fashion magazines / English books / a newspaper every day

9. drink ....... i. cycling / to the gym / to the park / to the beach

10. speak ....... j. tea / coffee / beer / orange juice

11. live ....... k. horror films / sports programmes / YouTube / the news

12. listen to ....... l. for a large company / in an office / in the evening / hard

B. Now, write 12 present simple affirmative and negative statements about yourself
using the verb-noun collocations above. Half the sentences should be true and half
should be false.

1. ............................................................ 7. ............................................................

2. ............................................................ 8. ............................................................

3. ............................................................ 9. ............................................................

4. ............................................................ 10. ...........................................................

5. ............................................................ 11. ...........................................................

6. ............................................................ 12. ...........................................................

C. Work with a partner. Take it in turns to say one of your present simple statements.
Your partner has to guess if it’s true or false. Score one point for each correct guess.
The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Example:

A: I work in the evening. B: I think that's true.

A: No, it's false. I work in the morning. B: I don't listen to hip hop music.
A: I think that's false. B: Yes, that's right. I don't listen to hip hop
music. I listen to pop music.

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